This message is a reminder to be patient, love and forbear one another as we come back to church. How should we perceive one another? How should we treat one another? And how do we appropriately invest in our kids?

As we actively keep the Word of God, it will actively keep us: leading us, guarding us, and speaking to us. If we allow it to show and correct our way, it can protect us from the sin of adultery and its terrible consequences.

In this chapter, Paul’s response to the difficulties of his voyage show us a pattern for how to respond to our physical circumstances with a spiritual perspective. We must trust the Lord for a way to glorify him in any situation and find the purpose for his Providence.

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Paul understood that his imprisonment was an opportunity for the gospel to go forth. When we know that God allows our trials and our circumstances for our good and for His Glory, we can glorify him in any distress! As preachers of the gospel, we must retain the right motives to glorify God; we must align our hearts with the love and good will of Christ.

Standing for the Lord is easy when we can gather together for services and huge conferences, but will we stand fast in the mind of Christ when the circumstances are more difficult? Paul’s charge for the Philippians is that they would be unified in the faith of the gospel. Will we stand fast and strive together?

In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is preaching to the children of Israel, reminding them of God’s faithfulness in their liberation from Egypt and journey through the wilderness. We must keep our courage by remembering our victories in the Lord and the things that he has taught us along the way. We can always trust the Lord for future victories according to his will.